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Safety Regulation System (SRS)

injury classification code index

27 October 2017

Safety Regulation System (SRS) injury classification code index

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Contents

1 Occupation .................................................................................................................. 4

100000 Management and supervisory .......................................................................................... 4

200000 Underground production and services ............................................................................. 5

300000 Mining production and services (surface – open pit) ........................................................ 7

400000 Ore treatment occupations ............................................................................................... 9

500000 Railway operations occupations ....................................................................................... 9

600000 Metal working progressing trades .................................................................................... 9

700000 Electrical or electronic trades ......................................................................................... 10

800000 Miscellaneous trades or utilities ..................................................................................... 11

900000 Material handling – stores or warehouse occupations ................................................... 12

2 Nature of injury.......................................................................................................... 13

1000 Heart attack, asphyxia or shock ..................................................................................... 13

2000 Effects – toxic chemical or fumes ................................................................................... 13

3000 Electric shock ................................................................................................................. 13

4000 Burns .............................................................................................................................. 13

5000 Musculoskeletal .............................................................................................................. 13

6000 Superficial injury ............................................................................................................. 14

8000 Effects – exposure .......................................................................................................... 14

9000 Other injuries .................................................................................................................. 15

3 Part of body ............................................................................................................... 16

1000 Head ............................................................................................................................... 16

2000 Neck................................................................................................................................ 16

3000 Trunk............................................................................................................................... 16

4000 Arm ................................................................................................................................. 17

5000 Leg .................................................................................................................................. 17

6000 Multiple locations ............................................................................................................ 18

7000 General locations ............................................................................................................ 18

8000 Unspecified locations...................................................................................................... 18

4 Location of accident ................................................................................................. 19

020 Non-mining (not on a mine site) ..................................................................................... 19

040 Exploration (not on a mine site) ...................................................................................... 19

100 Underground ................................................................................................................... 19

200 Open pit production or development areas .................................................................... 20

300 Surface work areas – general ........................................................................................ 20

400 Treatment plant or ore processing ................................................................................. 20

500 Crushed ore areas .......................................................................................................... 21

600 Workshop surface ........................................................................................................... 21



700 Railways ......................................................................................................................... 22

800 Power generation plant................................................................................................... 22

900 Administration areas ....................................................................................................... 22

5 Type of accident .............................................................................................................. 23

1000 Fall – person or rockfalls ................................................................................................ 23

2000 Struck by or struck against ............................................................................................. 24

3000 Stepping or jumping (no fall) .......................................................................................... 24

4000 Overexert strenuous movement ..................................................................................... 25

5000 Exposure to environment ............................................................................................... 25

6000 Contact with object (not chemical) ................................................................................. 25

7000 Contact with chemicals or fumes .................................................................................... 26

8000 Explosion or implosion.................................................................................................... 27

9000 Miscellaneous type of accident ...................................................................................... 27

6 Injured person activity .................................................................................................... 28

1000 Miscellaneous tasks or administration ............................................................................ 28

2000 General activities ............................................................................................................ 28

3000 Using hand held power tools .......................................................................................... 29

4000 Using hand tools (not powered) ..................................................................................... 29

5000 Underground mining task ............................................................................................... 29

6000 Surface mining task ........................................................................................................ 31

7000 Treatment plant tasks ..................................................................................................... 32

8000 Trades tasks ................................................................................................................... 33

9000 Utilities, services or inspection ....................................................................................... 33

7 Breakdown agency ................................................................................................... 35

Group 1 Machinery and (mainly) fixed plant ......................................................................... 35

Group 2 Mobile plant and transport ...................................................................................... 37

Group 3 Powered equipment, tools and appliances ............................................................. 38

Group 4 Non-powered handtools, appliances and equipment ............................................. 39

Group 5 Chemicals and chemical products .......................................................................... 41

Group 6 Materials and substances ....................................................................................... 41

Group 7 Environmental agencies ......................................................................................... 43

Group 8 Animal, human and biological agencies ................................................................. 44

Group 9 Other and unspecified agencies ............................................................................. 45

8 Agency of injury ........................................................................................................ 45



Note: NOC = not otherwise classified

1 Occupation

Identify the occupation the worker was doing at the time and allocate an appropriate code.

100000 Management and supervisory

110000 General management occupations

111000 Financial manager

112000 Personnel manager

113000 Sales manager

114000 Purchasing manager

115000 Manager NOC

120000 Engineering occupations

121000 Mining engineer

122000 Mechanical engineer

123000 Civil engineer

124000 Chemical engineer

125000 Metallurgical engineer

126000 Petroleum engineer

129000 Engineer NOC

130000 Professional and related occupations

131000 Chemist

132000 Geologist

133000 Metallurgist

134000 Environmental scientist or assistant

135000 Surveyor

136000 Draftsman

137000 Health or medical occupations

137100 Doctor

137200 Occupational health nurse

137300 First aid attendant

138000 Industrial hygienist

139000 Professional and related NOC

140000 Management or administration services

141000 Security officer

142000 Safety officer

143000 Training officer

144000 Personnel officer

145000 Clerical or secretarial occupations

146000 Township or accommodation occupations



146100 Caretaker

146200 Housekeeper or cleaner

146300 Handyman

146400 Gardener

146500 Groundsman

146900 Township or accommodation occupations NOC

147000 Catering occupations

147100 Cook

147200 Catering assistant

147300 Kitchen hand

147400 Canteen attendant

147900 Catering occupations NOC

148000 Cleaning or laundering occupations

148100 Cleaners

148200 Change house attendant

149000 Manager or administrative services occupations NOC

150000 Mine management occupations

151000 Mine manager

152000 Underground manager

153000 Assistant underground manager

154000 Under manager

155000 Mine or pit superintendent

159000 Mine management occupations NOC

160000 Supervisory occupation

161000 Deputy (coal)

162000 Foreman or shift boss underground

163000 Foreman or shift foreman surface

164000 Overman (coal)

165000 Supervisor

170000 Prospector

200000 Underground production and services

210000 Miners production or development (underground)

211000 Contract miners

211100 Stope miner

211110 Stope miner – handheld

211120 Stope miner – jumbo

211200 Development miner

211210 Development miner – handheld



211220 Development miner – jumbo

211300 Shaft sinker

211310 Shaft sinker – handheld

211320 Shaft sinker – jumbo

212000 Coal miner (underground)

212100 Composite miner

212200 Continuous miner driver

212300 Machineman

212400 Coal miner NOC

212500 Borer / shotfirer

212600 Shiftman

213000 Non-contract miners (underground)

213100 Miner – handheld

213200 Miner – jumbo

213300 Popper machineman

214000 Trainee miner

215000 Miner NOC

216000 Miner assistant

220000 Long hole drill and blast occupations (underground)

221000 Long hole drill operator

222000 Long hole driller assistant

223000 Shotfirer

224000 Shotfirer assistant (charging)

230000 Diamond driller / raiseborers

231000 Diamond drill operator

232000 Diamond drillers assistant

233000 Raiseborer operator

234000 Raiseborer assistant

240000 Loading / transport occupations (underground)

241000 Diesel loader operator

243000 Scraper operator

244000 Locomotive driver

245000 Truck driver

246000 Plant operator

246100 Bobcat driver

246200 Grader driver

247000 Underground personnel transport driver

248000 Conveyor attendant or operator

249000 Trucker



249900 Loading or transport occupations NOC

250000 Ground / roof support occupations (underground)

251000 Timberman

252000 Roofbolter

253000 Hydraulic fill operator

260000 Services occupations (underground)

261000 Ventilation occupations

261100 Ventilation officer

261200 Ventilation man

262000 Tracklayer or platelayer

263000 Pipefitter

264000 Pumpman or pump attendant

265000 Nipper or salvageman / utilityman

266000 Underground crushing operator

266100 Grizzleyman / pass runner

267000 Underground labourer / tool carrier

268000 Sanitaryman

269000 Underground services occupation NOC

269100 Scaler

270000 Underground winding & hoisting occupations

271000 Winding engine driver

272000 Hoist driver

273000 Platman

274000 Skipman

275000 Braceman

276000 Brakeman

277000 Onsetter

279000 Winding and hoisting occupations NOC

300000 Mining production and services (surface – open pit)

310000 Blast hole drilling surface

311000 Blast hole drill operator

312000 Blast hole drill operators assistant

313000 Air track or crawl air driller

314000 Sniper drill operator (rubber tyred)

320000 Charging and blasting (surface)

321000 Powder monkey / leading hand / shotfirer

322000 Powder truck driver

323000 Powder crew labourer



330000 Exploration drilling (surface)

331000 Driller

332000 Driller assistant

340000 Excavation equipment operators (surface)

341000 Bucketwheel operator

342000 Bucketwheel operator assistant

343000 Dragline operator

344000 Rope shovel operator

346000 Hydraulic excavator operator

347000 Dredge operator

348000 Front end loader operator

349000 Excavation equipment operator NOC

350000 Mobile plant operator (surface)

351000 Bulldozer operator

352000 Grader driver

353000 Backhoe operator

354000 Scraper driver

359000 Mobile plant operator NOC

360000 Driving occupations (surface)

361000 Haulage truck driver

362000 Water truck driver

363000 Explosives truck driver

364000 Fuel / grease /service truck driver

365000 Hiab truck driver

366000 Passenger vehicle driver / bus driver

367000 Equipment transport driver

369000 Driver NOC

370000 Open cut service occupations

371000 Greaser / oiler

372000 Quarry labourer or labourer

373000 Fuel and lubrication serviceman

374000 Wash bay operator

375000 Dump spotter

376000 Weighbridge operator

377000 Surveyors assistant – chainman

378000 Field assistant pit tech, sampler

379000 Mine worker NOC

390000 Contractor or contractors employees NOC



400000 Ore treatment occupations

410000 Final product handling / transport occupations

411000 Processing plant operator

412000 Processing plant serviceman

413000 Processing plant utility worker

420000 Mobile plant occupations

422000 Mobile plant operator NOC

430000 Final product handling / transport occupations

431000 Final product packer / loader / dumper operator

432000 Final product warehouse operator

433000 Final product handling or transport NOC

440000 Sampling, assay, laboratory occupations

441000 Laboratory technician / assistant / analyst

442000 Sample preparation operator

443000 Sampler / sample plant operator

500000 Railway operations occupations

510000 Railway controller

520000 Locomotive crews

521000 Locomotive driver

522000 Observer

523000 Trainee observer

524000 Shunter locomotive driver

530000 Track laying / maintenance

531000 Ganger

532000 Platelayer

533000 Track maintenance machine operator

534000 Track labourer

540000 Car and wagon examiner

550000 Railway yardman

600000 Metal working progressing trades

610000 Sheet metal trades

611000 Metal patternmaker

612000 Sheet metal worker

613000 Coppersmith

614000 Guillotine operator

615000 Millwright

620000 Metal machining trades



621000 Metal machinist

622000 Fitter and turner

630000 Fitters mechanical

631000 Fitter

632000 Fitter – welder

633000 Fitter – diesel

634000 Fitter – pipe

640000 Structural steel trades

641000 Boilermaker welder

642000 Boilermaker

643000 Welder

650000 Metal trades apprentices

651000 Sheet metal apprentice

652000 Metal machining apprentice

653000 Fitters apprentice

654000 Boilermakers apprentice

659000 Apprentice NOC

660000 Trades assistant

690000 Metal trades

691000 Tool and dye setter

692000 Saw setter

693000 Electroplater

694000 Blacksmith

695000 Shipwright

696000 Instrument artificer

697000 Lamp room mechanic and assistant

698000 Toolmaker

699000 Drill doctor

700000 Electrical or electronic trades

710000 Electrical trades

711000 Linesman

712000 Electrical fitter

712100 Cable splicer

713000 Electrical mechanic

714000 Automotive electrician

715000 Refrigeration mechanic

716000 Air-conditioning mechanic

717000 Electrical installer



718000 Lift mechanic

719000 Electrician NOC

720000 Electronic trades

721000 Radio technician

722000 Telecommunication technician

723000 Telecommunication trainee

724000 Signals technician

725000 Instrument technician

730000 Electrical / electronic apprentices

731000 Electrical apprentice

732000 Electronic apprentice

790000 Electrical trades assistant

791000 Electrical trades assistant

800000 Miscellaneous trades or utilities

810000 Construction trades

811000 Bricklayer

812000 Carpenter or joiner

813000 Painter

814000 Plasterer or tiler

815000 Plumber or drainer

816000 Rigger or rope splicer

817000 Scaffolder

818000 Construction trades apprentice

819000 Construction trades assistant

820000 Conveyor belt repair occupations

821000 Belt repairer

822000 Belt repairer assistant

823000 Trainee belt repairer

830000 MOTOR / ENGINE TRADES

831000 Motor mechanic

832000 Diesel motor mechanic

833000 Brake mechanic

834000 Tyre fitter

835000 Panel beater

836000 Spray painter

837000 Mechanic NOC

838000 Trades assistant

839000 Sand blaster



840000 Power plant operators

841000 Power plant engine driver

842000 Power plant trainee engine driver

843000 Power plant greaser

844000 Boiler attendant

845000 Fireman

850000 Water treatment plant operator

860000 Waste disposal equipment operator

870000 Gas supply service operator

890000 Utility operator NOC

900000 Material handling – stores or warehouse occupations

910000 Crane driving occupations

911000 Mobile crane driver

912000 Tower crane driver

913000 Overhead crane driver (cabin controlled)

914000 Crane driver NOC

915000 Dogman or cranechaser

920000 Fork lift operator

930000 Storeman NOC

931000 Toolstore attendant

990000 Non-mining occupations

991000 Seafaring occupation

992000 Farming occupations



2 Nature of injury

Identify the nature of injury and allocate an appropriate code.

1000 Heart attack, asphyxia or shock

1200 Heart attack

1300 Asphyxia

1310 Drowning

1320 Suffocation

1330 Strangulation

1400 Shock

2000 Effects – toxic chemical or fumes

2100 Effects – solvents or petroleum product

2110 Occupational skin disease/dermatitis/rash

2200 Effects – acids /caustic

2210 Burns - chemical

2220 Acids or caustic irritation (eyes)

2300 Effects – lead / mercury / etc

2400 Effects – gases / vapours

2410 Effects – carbon monoxide

2420 Effects – hydrogen cyanide

2430 Effects – blasting fumes

2490 Effect gases or vapours NOC

2900 Effects of chemical NOC

2910 Chemical irritation (eyes)

3000 Electric shock

3100 Electric shock (no burns)

4000 Burns

4100 Burns – thermal

4200 Burns – radiation

4300 Burns – electric arc or flash

4400 Burns – abrasion or friction

4900 Burns – unspecified

5000 Musculoskeletal

5100 Sprain

5200 Strain



5210 Hernia

5220 Repetitive strain injury (RSI)

5221 Tenosynovitis, synovitis or bursitis

5230 Inflammation – joints or tendons – bursitis

5300 Dislocation

5310 Dislocation of joint

5320 Dislocation of vertebrae

5321 Displacement of disc

5400 Fractures – breaks

5410 Compound fracture

5420 Simple fracture

5500 Amputation

5600 Crushing

5900 Musculoskeletal – unspecified

6000 Superficial injury

6100 Laceration

6200 Bruise or contusion

6300 Puncture wound

6310 Bite – animal or insect

6320 Splinter

6400 Foreign body (not chemicals)

6500 Nausea

6600 Blistering

6700 Swelling

6800 Pain

6900 Abrasion

6990 Wound or cut – unspecified

8000 Effects – exposure

8100 Effects of submersion

8200 Nervous stress / metal disorder

8300 Effects of exposure to heat

8400 Effects of exposure to cold

8500 Effects of fatigue



9000 Other injuries

9100 Loss of consciousness NOC

9200 Hearing impairment/loss

9300 Eye irritation (not chemical)

9400 Infection

9600 Jarring

9700 Concussion

9800 Multiple injuries

9900 Injuries – unspecified



3 Part of body

Identify the part of the body affected by the injury identified in Part 2 Nature of injury and allocate an appropriate code.

1000 Head

1100 Cranium

1110 Skull

1111 Scalp

1120 Forehead

1130 Temple

1140 Brain

1200 Eye

1300 Ear

1310 External

1320 Middle

1330 Inner

1400 Mouth

1410 Lips

1420 Tongue

1430 Teeth

1440 Tonsils

1500 Nose

1600 Face

1610 Jaw cheek

1620 Face muscles

1800 Head – multiple

1900 Head – unspecified

2000 Neck

3000 Trunk

3100 Back

3110 Spinal vertebrae or disc

3120 Spinal muscle or tendon

3180 Back – other or multiple

3181 Back – lower

3182 Back – upper

3200 Chest

3210 Ribs and/or sternum

3220 Chest muscles or tendons



3230 Chest – collar bone

3280 Chest other multiple

3300 Abdomen

3310 Abdomen muscles or tendons

3380 Abdomen – other or multiple

3390 Abdomen – unspecified

3391 Internal injury

3400 Pelvic region

3410 Pelvic – bones, muscles or tendons

3480 Pelvic – other or multiple

3500 Groin

3800 Trunk – multiple

4000 Arm

4100 Shoulder

4200 Upper arm

4300 Elbow

4400 Lower arm

4500 Wrist

4600 Hand

4610 Hand – bones etc alone

4620 Hand – muscles alone

4630 Fingers alone

4640 Thumb alone

4650 Finger(s) and thumb

4660 Hand and fingers or thumb

4680 Hand – multiple

4690 Hand – unspecified

4800 Arm – multiple

5000 Leg

5100 Hip

5200 Upper leg

5300 Knee

5400 Lower leg

5500 Ankle

5600 Foot and toes

5610 Foot – bones etc alone

5620 Foot – muscles etc alone



5630 Toes alone

5640 Foot and toes

5680 Foot alone - multiple

5690 Foot – unspecified

5800 Leg multiple

6000 Multiple locations

6100 Neck and trunk

6200 Head and neck

6300 Head and other

6400 Trunk and limbs

6500 Combined upper or lower limbs

6900 Multiple

6910 Multiple – minor injury

6920 Multiple – serious injury

6930 Multiple – skin areas

7000 General locations

7100 Circulatory system – general

7110 Heart

7120 Veins or arteries

7200 Respiratory system – general

7210 Respiratory system – lungs

7300 Digestive system – general

7400 Nervous system – general

7800 General body location – other

8000 Unspecified locations



4 Location of accident

Identify the location of the accident and allocate an appropriate code.

020 Non-mining (not on a mine site)

040 Exploration (not on a mine site)

100 Underground

110 Access, travelling or haulage ways

111 Brace or winder building

112 Shaft

113 Plat

114 Decline, adit or drift

115 Haul road or level

116 Conveyor road

117 Ladder way

118 Return airways

120 Underground production or development areas

121 Underground face area (coal)

122 Underground stope

125 Loading pocket

126 Raise (development)

127 Decline or winze (development)

128 Level (development)

129 Capital (development)

130 Underground workshops

140 Pump chamber

150 Underground storage areas

151 Fuel storage

152 Explosives magazines

153 Underground stores – general

160 Underground ore or waste dumping

161 Ore, waste tip or pass area

162 Grizzly

163 Mill hole

170 Underground crushing area

180 Ancillary locations

181 Crib room

182 Latrine

190 Underground NOC



200 Open pit production or development areas

210 Face loading area

220 Bench area not haul road

221 Drill pattern area

222 Heavy vehicle park up area

230 Haul road

231 Haul road – level

232 Haul road – ramp or incline

240 Waste dump area

250 Ore tipping area

260 In pit crushing

261 In pit crusher area

262 In pit conveyors

270 Stockpile – run of mine

280 Salt production areas

290 Open cut NOC

291 Dredge

299 Open cut – place not stated

300 Surface work areas – general

310 Mine access road/not haul road

320 Park up areas/heavy vehicles/plant

330 Warehouse / stores

340 Explosives magazine

350 Fuel storage area

360 Laboratory

370 Storage yard or rebuild area

380 Lube bay or service bay

381 Wash down area

390 Surface general area NOC

400 Treatment plant or ore processing

411 Process control rooms

413 Crushing, screening or conveyor

416 Heap, vat or in-situ leaching

419 Grinding or classification

422 Gravity concentration or magnetic separation

425 Flotation

428 Leaching



431 Solvent extraction, scrubbers or strippers

434 Filters, presses or wet screening

437 Thickening or clarification

439 Crystallisation, nucleation or ion exchange

441 Electrowinning or cell house

444 Smelter, roaster or furnace areas

447 Gold room and elution facilities

451 Tailings storage facility

454 Product packaging or storage

457 Sample plant or station

461 Reagent or raw material storage areas

464 Reagent or raw materials preparation plants

467 Water treatment plants

471 Processing plant other

500 Crushed ore areas

510 Stockpiles

511 Stockpile access roads

520 Train loading or unloading

521 Train loader or loading area

522 Train unloader or tippler area

530 Stacker or reclaimer area

540 Stacker or reclaim conveyors

550 Wharf area

551 SHIPLOADER WHARF

552 CONVEYORS WHARF

600 Workshop surface

610 Workshop heavy equipment

620 Workshop electrical or instruments

630 Workshop railway

640 Workshop auto or light vehicles

650 Workshop boilermakers

660 Workshop painters or carpenters

670 Workshop tyre fitting

680 Workshop belt repairs

690 Workshop NOC



700 Railways

710 Main line

711 Main line – on track

712 Main line – off track

720 Siding

721 Siding – on track

722 Siding – off track

730 Railway access road

740 Railway yard

800 Power generation plant

810 Control room

820 Distribution or sub-stations

830 Engine room

900 Administration areas

910 Offices or administration buildings

920 Crib room, canteen or mess

930 Showers or change room

940 Lamproom

950 Car park

960 Pathways

970 Gardens

990 Administration – NOC



5 Type of accident

Identify the action, exposure or event that best describes the circumstances that resulted in the injury, as identified in Part 2 Nature of injury and allocate an appropriate code.

1000 Fall – person or rockfalls

1100 Fall – person height or depth

1110 Fall 0.5-2.0 metres

1120 Fall 2-5 metres

1130 Fall 5-10 metres

1140 Fall more than 10 metres

1200 Fall, slip or trip – same level

1210 Fall over loose object

1220 Fall over fixed object

1230 Fall no object involved

1231 Fall on uneven surface

1232 Fall on slippery surface

1240 Fall NOC

1250 Fall handling equipment

1260 Fall on stairway / steps

1300 Fall getting on mobile equipment or vehicle

1310 Fall getting on haul trucks

1320 Fall getting on mobile plant

1330 Fall getting on light vehicle

1340 Fall getting on other equipment

1400 Fall getting off mobile equipment or vehicle

1410 Fall getting off haul trucks

1420 Fall getting off mobile plant

1430 Fall getting off light vehicle

1440 Fall getting off equipment NOC

1450 Fall getting off trucks NOC

1500 Rock falls underground

1510 Rock fall hanging wall

1520 Rock fall footwall

1530 Rock fall face

1540 Rock fall muckpile or pass

1550 Rock fall handling or transport

1560 Rock fall coal mining

1561 Rock fall wongawilli

1562 Rock fall pillar splitting



1563 Rock fall development

1564

Rock fall machine recovery

1565 Rock fall clearing fall

1590 Rock fall NOC

1600 Rock falls or falls of group surface

1610 Rock fall working face

1620 Rock fall high wall slump

1630 Rock fall bench slump

1640 Rock fall handling or transport

1690 Rock fall or fall of ground NOC

2000 Struck by or struck against

2100 Struck by object (not rock or coal)

2110 Struck by falling object

2111

Fall object during handling

2120 Struck by flying object

2130 Struck by sliding object

2140 Struck by moving object (powered – not vehicle)

2150 Struck by moving object NOC

2200 Struck by person

2300 Struck against object

2310 Still object

2320 Moving object

2400 Struck by moving vehicle or mobile plant

2500 Caught by or between (not operating machine)

2510 Caught by still and moving object

2520 Caught by or between moving object

2530 Caught by run of ore

2600 Caught by or between operating machine

2700 Motor vehicle collision

2800 Motor vehicle rollover

2900 Motor vehicle, equipment jolting or jarring

3000 Stepping or jumping (no fall)

3100 Stepping person (no fall)

3110 Stepping on object

3120 Stepping on uneven surface



3130 Stepping on loose rock

3140 Stepping to higher level

3150 Stepping to lower level

3200 Jumping by person

3210 Jumping to higher level

3220 Jumping to lower level

3230 Jumping from moving object

4000 Overexert strenuous movement

4100 Overexert lifting unassisted

4200 Overexert lifting assisted

4300 Overexert carrying

4400 Overexert lifting and carrying

4500 Overexert pulling or pushing

4600 Overexert moving object

4700 Overexert no object involved

4800 Strenuous movements

4810 Strenuous movement – no specific event

4900 Vibration – not motor vehicles

5000 Exposure to environment

5100 Exposure to environmental heat

5200 Exposure to environmental cold

5300 Exposure to environmental noise

5400 Exposure to environmental dust

5500 Exposure to mental stress

5900 Exposure to environment NOC

6000 Contact with object (not chemical)

6100 Contact with electric current

6200 Contact with hot substance or object

6210 Contact with naked flame

6220 Contact with molten metal or slag

6230 Contact with hot solid

6240 Contact with hot liquid

6250 Contact with hot gas or steam

6300 Contact with cold substance or object

6400 Contact with tool

6410 Contact with hand tool (non power)



6411 Contact with saw

6412 Contact with knife

6413 Contact with hammer

6414 Contact with pick

6415 Contact with other hand tool

6420 Contact with handheld power tool

6421 Contact with power saw

6422 Contact with power grinder

6423 Contact with power drill

6424 Contact with other power tools

6425 Contact with compressed air

6430 Contact with fixed power machine

6500 Contact with foreign body

6510 Contact with foreign body (solid)

6520 Contact with foreign body (liquid)

6600 Contact with sharp object

6700 Contact with high pressure fluid

7000 Contact with chemicals or fumes

7100 Chemical inhalation including smoke

7110 Inhalation acid

7120 Inhalation caustic

7130 Inhalation cyanide

7140 Inhalation diesel fumes

7150 Inhalation blast fumes

7160 Inhalation adhesive fumes

7170 Inhalation solvent fumes

7180 Inhalation mercury fumes

7190 Inhalation other chemical

7200 Chemical absorption

7210 Absorption acid

7220 Absorption caustic

7230 Absorption cyanide

7240 Absorption mercury

7250 Absorption industrial solvents



7270 Absorption diesel

7280 Absorption lime

7290 Absorption other chemicals

7300 Chemical ingestion

8000 Explosion or implosion

8100 Explosives detonation

8200 Compressed air explosion

8210 Pressure vessel explosion

8220 Vehicle tyre explosion

8300 Compressed gas or steam explosion

8310 Pressure vessel explosion

8400 Other explosion or implosion

9000 Miscellaneous type of accident

9100 Bite insect or animal

9200 Friction or rubbing (blisters)

9300 Journey to or from work

9400 Welding flash

9500 Oxygen deficiency

9700 Recurrence old injury

9900 Not known

9999 Not stated



6 Injured person activity

Identify the action, exposure or event that best describes the circumstances the worker was doing at the time and allocate an appropriate code.

1000 Miscellaneous tasks or administration

1100 Crib, meal or smoking breaks

1200 Bathing or dressing

1300 Travelling to or from mine

1400 Management or administration tasks

1500 Professional activities

1600 Supervision activities

1900 Attend for medical treatment

2000 General activities

2080 Activity unknown

2090 Activity not stated

2100 Moving or travelling activity

2110 Walking

2120 Running

2130 Climbing up or down (not vehicles)

2140 Stepping up or down (not vehicles)

2150 Jumping

2160 Passenger in/on vehicle

2170 Getting on vehicle or equipment

2180 Getting off vehicle or equipment

2190 Moving or travelling NOC

2200 Stationary activities (not using tools)

2210 Standing, inspecting or observing

2220 Sitting or lying (not vehicle)

2230 Rising from sitting or lying

2240 Kneeling

2250 Stretching or reaching

2260 Twisting body movement

2270 Bending body movement

2280 Throwing

2290 Other body movements NOC

2300 Lifting activities

2310 Lifting unassisted

2320 Lifting assisted

2400 Moving object or equipment



2410 Pulling object or equipment

2420 Pushing object or equipment

2430 Carrying object or equipment

2440 Holding object or equipment

2450 Moving object or equipment NOC

2500 Vehicle checking activities

2510 Removing radiator cap

2520 Cleaning vehicle

2530 Refueling vehicle

2540 Lubricate vehicle

3000 Using hand held power tools

3100 Using power saw

3200 Using power grinder

3300 Using power drill

3400 Using riveting machine

3500 Using impact wrench

3600 Using hydraulic jacks

3700 Using power tools

3800 Using oxy-acetylene equipment

3900 Using welding equipment

4000 Using hand tools (not powered)

4100 Using shovel

4200 Using pick

4300 Using pinch bar (not for scaling)

4400 Using hammer

4500 Using wrench

4600 Using spanner

4700 Using broom

4800 Using wash down hose

4900 Using hand tools or equipment

5000 Underground mining task

5100 Underground drilling or boring task

5110 Operate hand held drill

5120 Operate long hole drill

5130 Operate development jumbo

5140 Operate shaft jumbo



5150 Operate raise borer or drill

5160 Operate diamond drill

5170 Operate drilling machine NOC

5200 Underground blasting or shotfiring

5210 Cleaning out shot holes

5220 Charging or stemming blast holes

5230 Firing

5240 Handling or transporting explosives

5300 Underground loading or haulage task

5310 Operate continuous miner

5320 Operate road header

5330 Operate front end loader

5340 Operate mechanical bogger

5350 Operate truck

5360 Operate locomotive

5370 Hand trucking activities

5380 Operate light vehicle

5390 Operate equipment NOC

5400 Winding or hoisting tasks

5410 Operate winder

5420 Operate hoist underground

5430 Load skip

5440 Load cage

5450 Load kibble

5500 Underground conveyor task

5510 Install conveyor system

5520 Remove conveyor belting

5530 Repair conveyor belting

5540 Conveyor tending or cleaning

5600 Ground support task underground

5610 Test roof

5620 Bar down/scale

5630 Roof bolt or rock bolt

5640 Install roof supports

5650 Remove roof supports

5700 Underground pipes, tracks or services

5710 Road laying or track laying

5720 Pipe fitting

5800 Underground ventilation task



5810 Install ventilation equipment

5813

Install or remove vent duct

5820 Erect ventilation stoppings/overcast

5830 Erect brattice

5840 Stone dusting

5850 Remove ventilation equipment

5900 Underground miscellaneous activities

5910 Mine timbering

5920 Travelling in shaft or hoist

5930 Operate mobile equipment NOC

6000 Surface mining task

6100 Surface drilling activities

6110 Operate blasthole drill

6120 Operate track drill

6130 Operate sniper drill (rubber tyred)

6140 Operate diamond drill

6150 Operate hand held drill

6190 Operate drill machine NOC

6200 Surface charge or blast activities

6210 Charging blastholes

6220 Stemming blastholes

6230 Tying up shot

6240 Firing blastholes

6250 Handling or transporting explosives

6300 Surface loading activities

6310 Operate shovel

6320 Operate dragline

6330 Operate bucketwheel

6340 Operate dredge

6350 Operate hydraulic excavator

6360 Operate front end loader

6400 Surface hauling activities

6410 Operate haulage truck

6420 Operate scraper

6500 Surface mobile plant activities

6510 Operate bulldozer

6520 Operate grader



6530 Operate backhoe

6540 Operate mobile plant

6600 Pit crushing

6610 Operate crusher

6620 Operate conveyors

6700 Surface materials handling/lifting

6710 Operate crane

6720 Operate forklift

6730 Operate elevator or cherry picker

6740 Operate hoist

6750 Assist crane driver

6800 Surface miscellaneous driving activities

6810 Drive water truck

6820 Drive explosives truck

6830 Drive grease truck

6840 Drive fuel truck

6850 Drive passenger vehicle (manhaul)

6860 Drive bus

6870 Drive light vehicle

6880 Drive motorcycle

6890 Drive other vehicle NOC

6900 Railway activities

6910 Operate locomotive

6920 Operate track maintenance machine

6990 Track labouring NOC

7000 Treatment plant tasks

7100 Attend or control plant

7110 Attend control room

7120 Attend fixed machinery or plant

7130 Attend or maintain conveyors

7200 Production mixing, testing or sampling

7210 Add or mix reagents

7290 Quality control activity NOC

7300 Production process activity

7310 Change or clear screens

7320 Clear process blockages

7330 Complete mechanical change to process

7340 Clean tanks and vessels



7900 Miscellaneous treatment plant tasks NOC

8000 Trades tasks

8100 Metal working task

8110 Install equipment

8120 Remove equipment

8130 Repair equipment

8140 Test equipment

8150 Assemble equipment

8160 Machine or drill (fixed machinery)

8200 Electrical task

8210 Install electrical equipment

8220 Remove electrical equipment

8230 Repair electrical equipment

8240 Test electrical equipment

8250 Assemble electrical equipment

8300 Woodworking task

8310 Install woodwork

8320 Remove woodwork

8330 Repair woodwork

8400 Construction task

8900 Miscellaneous task

8910 Labouring or assist tradesman

9000 Utilities, services or inspection

9100 Cleaning buildings or accommodation

9110 Clean bathroom

9120 Attend or maintain grounds

9200 Security activities

9300 Compressed air activities

9310 Install air compressor equipment

9320 Install compressed air-pipe

9330 Install compressed air-hose

9340 Repair compressed air equipment

9350 Remove compressed air equipment

9400 Pumping services activities

9410 Install pumping equipment

9420 Install pipes or lines

9430 Install hoses



9440 Repair pumping equipment

9450 Remove pumping equipment

9500 Compressed gas services activities

9510 Install compressed gas equipment

9520 Install tanks or cylinders

9530 Install gas pipes/lines

9540 Repair compressed gas equipment

9550 Remove compressed gas equipment

9700 Safety or emergency activities

9800 Inspection or testing activities

9900 Miscellaneous inspection or services



7 Breakdown agency

Identify the object, substance, or circumstance that was principally involved in, or most closely associated with, the breakdown event and allocate an appropriate code.

Group 1 Machinery and (mainly) fixed plant

11 Cutting, slicing and sawing machinery

111 Mechanical, shears, slicers, guillotines

112 Circular saws

113 Other powered saws

114 Planing machines

115 Log peeling machines

116 Lathes

117 Grinders

118 Cutting, slicing, mincing food preparation machines

119 Other and not specified cutting, slicing, sawing machinery

12 Crushing, pressing and rolling machinery

121 Power presses

122 Garbage compactors

123 Ore or stone crushers

124 Forging machines

125 Rolling mills

126 Paper, paperboard mill machinery

127 Printing machinery

129 Other and not specified crushing, pressing, rolling machinery

13 Heating, cooking and baking equipment

131 Furnaces

132 Kilns and industrial ovens, not food

133 Food processing ovens

134 Boilers

135 Steam equipment

136 Vehicle radiators

139 Other and not specified heating, cooking, baking equipment

14 Cooking, refrigeration plant and equipment

141 Refrigeration plant

15 Conveyors and lifting plant

151 Mechanical power transfer mechanisms

152 Conveyor belts and escalators

153 Agricultural conveyors

154 Mining dredges, dragline excavators



155 Power hoists

156 Lifts, dumbwaiters

157 Cranes

158 Forklift trucks

159 Other conveyors and lifting plant

16 Electrical installation

161 Turbines, generators

162 Transformers

163 Distribution lines: high tension

164 Distribution lines: low tension

165 Lighting equipment

166 Control apparatus

167 Batteries

168 Vehicle batteries

169 Other and not specified electrical installation

17 Radiation based equipment

171 X-ray machines and ancillary equipment

172 Microwave ovens

173 Other and not specified microwave based equipment

174 Medical laser equipment

175 Other and not specified laser equipment

176 Ultra-sound equipment

179 Other and not specified radiation based equipment

18 Filling and bottling/packaging plant

181 Milk production and processing plant

182 Soft drink or alcoholic beverage bottling plant

189 Other and not specified integrated processing, packaging or bottling plant

19 Other plant and equipment

191 Textile, clothing and footwear machinery

192 Sheep shearing plant

193

Water mains, pipes, valves, hydrants, taps, and other water reticulation equipment

194 Gas mains, pipes, valves, and other gas reticulation equipment

195

Sewerage mains, pipes, installations, and other sewerage reticulation equipment

199

Other and not specified production line type of plant or stand alone machinery



Group 2 Mobile plant and transport

21 Self-propelled plant

211 Self-propelled harvesters

212 Integrated mining plant

213 Graders, dozers, snowploughs, other scraping plant

214 Excavators, backhoes, other digging plant

215 Front-end loaders, log handling plant, other loading plant

216 Road rollers, compactors

217 Integrated road sealing equipment

218 Mobile garbage compactors

219 Other and not specified self-propelled plant

22 Semi-portable plant

221 Roof bolting machines

222 Pneumatic tools

223 Compressors, pumps

224 Cement mixers

225 Hydraulic equipment, not elsewhere classified

229 Other and not specified semi-portable plant

23 Other mobile plant

231 Tractors, agricultural or otherwise

232 Ploughs, harrows, cultivators

233 Oil, gas and water drilling rigs

234 Ride-on mowers

235 Wheelbarrows

236 Trolleys, handcarts

237 Fairground equipment

238 Trailers, caravans

239 Other and not specified mobile plant

24 Road transport

241 Trucks, semi-trailers, lorries

242 Buses, trolleybuses, minibuses

243 Cars, station wagons, vans, utilities

244 Motorcycles and sidecars, scooters

245 Pushbikes

249 Other and not specified road transport

25 Rail transport

251 Railway, tramway lines (track and other fixtures)

252 Locomotives

253 Rolling stock



254 Trains

259 Other and not specified rail transport

26 Air transport

261 Industrial aircraft

262 Passenger aircraft

269 Other and not specified classified air transport

27 Water transport

271 Motorised craft

272 Non-motorised craft

273 Marine installations

279 Other and not specified water transport

29 Other transport

291 Cable car, ski tow

299 Other transport

Group 3 Powered equipment, tools and appliances

31 Workshop and worksite tools and equipment

311 Abrasive, planing, cutting powered tools

312 Electric drills

313 Soldering irons

314 Arc welding equipment

315 Oxy-acetylene equipment

316 Industrial guns

319 Other and not specified powered workshop and worksite equipment

32 Kitchen and domestic equipment

321 Kitchen food preparation appliances

322 Cooking appliances

323 Jugs, kettles and urns

324 Heating and heat-based equipment

325 Washing machines

326 Cleaning equipment

327 Sewing machines

328 Portable fans, ceiling fans, exhaust fans

329 Other and not specified powered kitchen and domestic equipment

33 Office and electronic equipment

332 Computers and keyboards

332 Other and not elsewhere classified (mainly) electronic office equipment

333 Entertainment electronics

334 Communications equipment



335 Laboratory equipment

339 Other and not specified electronic equipment

34 Garden and outdoor powered equipment

341 Electric garden appliances

342 Brush cutters

343 Lawn mowers

344 Chainsaws

345 Weapons

349 Other and not specified powered garden and outdoor equipment

35 Pressure based equipment NOC

351 Pressurised containers

352 Pressurised piping

353 Gas cylinders

354 Caisson, diving bells

359 Other pressure-based equipment

39 Other powered equipment, tools and appliances

391 Internal combustion engines

392 Gas turbines

399 Other and not specified powered equipment, tools and appliances, NOC

Group 4 Non-powered handtools, appliances and equipment

41 Handtools, non-powered, edged

411 Knives and cutlery

412 Scissors

413 Handsaws

414 Chisels, awls, screwdrivers

415 Axes, adzes, hatchets

416 Scythes, slashers, sickles

417 Shovels, spades, lawn edgers

418 Hoes, pickaxes, mattocks

419 Other and not specified edged equipment

42 Other handtools

421 Hammers, mallets

422 Pliers, pincers, tweezers, forceps

423 Wrenches, spanners, sockets

424 Files, rasps

425 Brooms, mops

426 Crowbars, pinchbars, jemmies

427 Hand drills, brace and bit, augers



428 Manual lifting equipment

429 Other and not specified handtools

43 Fastening, packing and packaging equipment

431 Nails, screws, nut and bolts

432 String, twine, rope

433 Wire, wire rope, metal strapping

434 Chains

435 Crates, cartons, boxes, cases, drums, kegs, barrels

436 Pallets

437 Bags, bundles and bales

438 Rolls

439 Other and not specified packing and fastening equipment

44 Furniture and fittings

441 Doors and windows

442 Work tops

443 Seating furniture

444 Beds, hospital beds

445 Storage equipment

446 Baths, sinks, troughs, handbasins

449 Other and not specified furniture and fittings

45 Other utensils

451 Glassware

452 Crockery

453 Stoveware

454 Medical containers

459 Other utensils

46 Ladders, mobile platforms, mobile stairways and scaffolding

461 Ladders

462 Mobile platforms and stairways

463 Scaffolding

49 Other non-powered equipment

491 Hypodermic syringes

492 Other non-powered medical equipment

493 Sporting equipment

494 Playground and sportsground equipment

497 Vehicle wheels and tyres

498 Clothing and footwear

499 Other and not specified equipment



Group 5 Chemicals and chemical products

51 Nominated chemicals

511 Chlorine

512 Arsenic and arsenic compounds

513 Lead and lead compounds

514 Selenium and selenium compounds

515 Mercury and mercury compounds

516 Cyanide and cyanide compounds

517 Benzene

518 Chromium and chromium compounds

519 Other nominated chemicals

52 Other basic chemicals

521 Industrial gases, fumes

522 Acids

523 Bases and alkalis

524 Non-bituminous hydrocarbon fuels

525 Bitumen, asphalt, tar, pitch

526 Radioactive materials

527 Diesel exhaust fumes

528 Nominated organic chemicals

529 Other basic and unspecified chemicals

53 Chemical products

531 Plant treatment chemicals

532 Animal treatment chemicals

533 Pharmaceuticals

534 Paint, varnish

535 Organic solvents

536 Detergents

537 Plastic materials, synthetic resins and rubbers

538 Manufactured explosive substances

539 Other chemical products

Group 6 Materials and substances

61 Non-metallic minerals and substances

611 Abrasive powders

612 Cement and lime

613 Wet concrete

614 Rocks, stones, boulders



615

Bricks and tiles and concrete, cement and clay products, not elsewhere classified

616 Dust, not elsewhere classified

617 Crystalline Silica

618 Asbestos

619 Other non-metallic minerals and substances

62 Other materials and objects

621 Oil and fat (animal or vegetable)

622 Tree felled for processing or through clearing

623 Sawn or dressed timber

624 Ferrous and non-ferrous metal

625 Fragments

626 Glass

627 Stationery and paper products

628 Detached machinery or equipment components

629 Other materials and objects

63 Other substances

631 Fire, flame and smoke

632 Hot water, steam

633 Food

634 Stock feed

635 Water under pressure

636 Air under pressure

637 Sewerage

638 Beverages

639 Other substances



Group 7 Environmental agencies

71 Outdoor environment

710 Weather and water

711 Sun

712 Holes in the ground

713 Wet, oily, or icy traffic and ground surfaces

714 Traffic and ground surfaces with hazardous objects

715 Traffic and ground surfaces other

716 Buildings and other structures

717 Fencing

718 Vegetation

719 Other outdoor environmental agencies

72 Indoor environment

721 Steps and stairways

722 Openings in floors, walls or ceilings

723 Wet, oily, or icy internal traffic and ground surfaces

724 Internal traffic and ground areas with hazardous substances

725 Other internal traffic and ground surfaces

726 Internal conditions

729 Other indoor environment

73/74 Underground environment

731 Roof of tunnel or mine

732 Face, walls of tunnel or mine

733 Wet, oily, or icy floor of tunnel or mine

734 Hazardous objects on floor of tunnel or mine

735 Floor of tunnel or mine other

736 Shaft

737 Underground fire

738 Underground water

741 Supporting structures

749 Other and not specified environment



Group 8 Animal, human and biological agencies

81 Live four-legged animals

811 Horses, donkeys, mules

812 Cows, steers, cattle, bulls, buffalo

813 Sheep

814 Pigs

815 Dogs

816 Cats

817 Goats

819 Other and not specified four-legged animals

82 Other live animals

821 Snakes and other reptiles

822 Spiders and other arachnids

823 Insects

824 Unidentified insects or spiders

825 Marine life

826 Poultry

827 Other birds

829 Other and not specified classified

83 Non-living animals

831 Carcass

832 Bone

833 Skin, pelt, hair, fur or feathers

834 Offal and animal waste products

839 Other and not specified animal part or product

84 Human agencies

841 Condition of affected person

842 Other person

843 Fatigue

849 Other and not specified human agency

85 Biological agencies

859 Biological agencies



Group 9 Other and unspecified agencies

91 Non-physical agencies

919 Non-physical agencies

99 Other and unspecified agencies

991 Other agencies, not elsewhere classified

998 Agency not apparent

999 Agency not known

8 Agency of injury

Identify the object, substance, or circumstance which was the direct cause of the injury, as identified in Part 2 Nature of injury and allocate an appropriate code. Use the same coding set as Part 7 Breakdown agency.

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